Allen West seeks to capitalize on his `communist' comment; Democrats mock congressman

Democrats are seizing on U.S. Rep. Allen West's latest controversial comments to mock the freshman Republican.

Earlier this week, the South Florida congressman told potential voters in Martin County that he's "heard" there were 76 to 81 communists among his Democratic colleagues.

Now, the Florida Democratic Party is out with the above video that features snippets of TV reports about West's remarks from recent months – with background music from the Gnarls Barkley single "Crazy." The title of the Democratic video is "Sh** Allen West Says."

For his part, West sent out a fundraising appeal telling potential donors that he's being attacked for using the word "communist," and asking for campaign contributions. "It's going to take all of us to protect this nation from the destructive policies of the extreme left."